Steve Vai-Crossroad tab

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Article: 2345 of alt.guitar.tab
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From: muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au (Murray Chapman)
Newsgroups: alt.guitar.tab
Subject: Re: Want tab:Crossroad(with Steve Vai)
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Date: 17 Sep 92 03:06:52 GMT
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Hi there
Someone posted this a while ago:
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The series I have been posting on the sweep picking
technique is coming along, and I will have another addition to it
shortly. But I thought you all might enjoy this too. This
is from the movie "Crossroads" and is the sequence that Eugene
uses at the end of the film to defeat Stevie Vie. It's entitled
"Eugenes trick bag" and if you give it some patient effort, you'll
see that there are some really good arppegio ideas here, though Steve
plays this with finger picking, I have adapted it for my sweep style
in as many places as posible. You should try the same, it's great practice
O'k, lets do it!
the opening measure begins on the second 1/4 of the 4th beat.
All notes in this passage are 1/16th's unless otherwise noted.
--------|-------------------------------------------------|----------
--------|-------------------------------------------------|-repeat---
-2-4-2--|-5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--5--2--4--2--|-measure--
--------|-------------------------------------------------|----------
--------|-------------------------------------------------|--3x's----
--------|-------------------------------------------------|----------
Ritard here in the 4th bar.
( Am )
-----|-----------------------8--12-8---------------------------------
-----|-------------------10-----------10-----------------------------
-2---|-------------5--9-------------------9--5-----------------------
-----|----------7-------------------------------7--------------------
-----|--------7------------------------------------5-----------------
-----|--5--8------------------------------------------8--------------
( E7 )
--------------------------7------------------------------------------
-----------------------9-----9---------------------------------------
-----------------7--9-----------9--7---------------------------------
-----------6--9-----------------------9--6---------------------------
-----5--7-----------------------------------7--5---------------------
--7------------------------------------------------------------------
( A7 )
-------------------------5-------------------------------------------
-------------------5--8-----8--5-------------------------------------
----------------6------------------6---------------------------------
----------5--7-------------------------7--5--------------------------
-------7--------------------------------------7----------------------
-5--9--------------------------------------------9-------------------
( Dm )
----------------------------10---13---10-----------------------------
-----------------------10-----------------10-------------------------
---------------7--10--------------------------10--7------------------
------------7----------------------------------------7---------------
-----5---8-----------------------------------------------------------
--5------------------------------------------------------10---8------
( G# dim7 )
---------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------9---12---9---------------------------------
----------------------10---------------10--7-------------------------
---------------9--12----------------------------9---6----------------
--------8--11-------------------------------------------8------------
-7--10------------------------------------------------------7--------
( Am )
----------------------------------------5-------8--------12----8---16
--------------------------------5-----------5-------10---------------
-----------------------5------------5--------------------------------
---------------7------------7----------------------------------------
------7------------7-------------------------------------------------
--5-------8----------------------------------------------------------
the G here at the end of the line (16) is a measure itself... 1 whole
note...
Am E7 Am
--------------------------------------17--15--13---------------------
-----13--17--13-------15--17--15--13--------------17--15--13---------
-14---------------16-------------------------------------------16----
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
repeat measure
A Dm
------------------17--15--13--------------19--17--15-----------------
-----14---17--14--------------17--14--15--------------18--17--15-----
-14------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
G C
------------------------------------17--15---------------------------
--------15------18--17--15------------------18--17--15---------------
----16------16--------------16--17----------------------17--16-------
17-------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
F G#dim7 Adim
---------------------------------------------------------17----------
-----------------18--17--15--------------18------------------16------
-----14--17--14--------------17------16------19--17------------------
-15------------------------------18------------------19--------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
E
----16-------14---------12---------10---------9--------7----5----4---
17-----17-15-----15--14-----14--12-----12--10----10--9---9-7--7-5---5
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
-7--4-----0--7--4--------0--7--4--------0---7--4------0--------------
-------5------------5----------------5------------5------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat 1x
-7--4-----0--14--11------0--17--14------0--12--9------0--------------
-------5-------------12-------------15------------10-----------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat 3x
-19--16------0--7--4-----0--17--14------0--5--2-----0----------------
---------17-----------5-------------15-----------3-------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat 1x
-22--19-------0---10--7------0---20---17-------0--8--5------0--------
----------20--------------8---------------18------------6-------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Repeat 1x
22--19--16------19--16-----------------------------------------------
------------18----------18----------18-------------------------------
----------------------------19--16------19----16---------------------
---------------------------------------------------18----------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------
19---16-------------16-----------------------------------------------
----------18---15-------18---15--------18---15------------15---------
----------------------------------17-------------17---14------17-14--
--------------------------------------------------------------------16
----------|----------|--------|-------------------12-----------------
----------|----------|--------|---------5----------------------------
-------2--|----------|--------|------------9-------------------------
-------2--|---2------|--------|------2-----------------14------------
-------0--|---2------|--------|---7----------------------------------
--17------|---0--0---|---0----|-----------------------------0--------
(1/2 notes) 1/4 dot 1/2
1/2 2/4 time 1/4- 1/8s rest of bar
--24---|-------------------------------------------------------------
-------|------------------------------------------9--10--12----------
-------|--------------------------------7--9--10---------------------
-------|-------------------6--7--9--10-------------------------------
-------|----------5--7--8--------------------------------------------
-------|-5--7--8-----------------------------------------------------
dot1/2 1/16ths again here...
1/4 rest
-----10--12--13--16--17--19--20--22---24---24---24------29-----------
-13------------------------------------------------------------------
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tricky here... the first 8 notes are 1/16ths...the next four are 1/8ths
ritard for the 1/8ths... then 29 ...(which is not available on most necks)
is played by fretting the string against the bridge position pick-up
on a Tele.. type guitar...(I cant get it on my Ibanez Sabre)
Well thats it.... I hope you find it enjoyable to play and instructional
to learn.... I think that my 10 years as a guitar teacher have put me in
a position where I feel I can contribute more to this group by using my
experience to answer questions and prepare lessons..(in tab form of course)
So I will continue to do this until someone tells me I'm waisting my time
or the net's bandwidth..:)
Till next time...
Good luck .. and good pickin'..
peterl@lsuc.on.ca
Peter J. Lauda
[ please.. any e-mail should be sent to the lsuc address as my xenitec
is restricted to certain times..thanx! ]
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Murray Chapman
muzzle@cs.uq.oz.au